Sima Cuo still had the mentality of making up for his mistakes, hoping to compensate for the lost land for Qin, so he tried his best to persuade Ying Si to expand his territory to the south and march into the Bashu region, on the one hand, to stabilize the rear of Qin, and on the other hand, to occupy the land of Bashu, expand the strength of Qin, and lay the foundation for further conquest of the eastern princes in the future.

In a month, Sima Cuo made three twists and turns, all of which suggested that he should march south, cross the rugged and difficult Shu Road, and raid the weakly defended Bashu region. Previously, although this region was relatively independent, it was afraid of the military power of the Chu State, so it paid tribute to the Chu State.

The so-called lost east corner and harvested mulberry elm, Chu State regained the land of Hanzhong, then they must also pay the price, that is, Qin State annexed Bashu in one fell swoop and copied the back road of the Chu people. In the future, if the Qin army follows the river, crosses Baling, and goes down the river, then the Jingdi and Yingdu of the Chu State are not all in the bag of the Qin people?

Sima Cuo was very uninterested in the strategy advocated by Prime Minister Zhang Yi, thinking that this was just a small skill of carving insects and a fur tactic, which could not play a fundamental role. Although he himself actually benefited from Lian Heng, if it wasn't for Zhang Yi's diplomatic success, where would he have been able to escape the siege of the iron bucket of the Hezong army?

However, Sima mistakenly thought that his defeat in Michi was incomprehensible, all because of the framing of Gongsun Yan, the general of Wei, if he hadn't given up Baishi City, how could he be trapped in the lonely city? Sima Cuo was greatly unconvinced. Because he hated people like Gongsun Yan, he also believed that the Qin State would eventually dominate the world, and it would still depend on its own people, steady and steady, and advance step by step.

Sima Cuo's writing was very frequent, and King Yingsi of Qin was a little anxious, so he found the general Sima Cuo, his younger brother Yan Junzhu, and Prime Minister Zhang Yi to discuss the next national policy of Qin.

Of course, Sima Cuo made a generous statement, listing the benefits of Qin's march into Bashu, and made it clear that he was willing to personally lead the troops to go, and if he did not conquer Bashu, he would offer it with his head.

Ying Si looked at Zhang Yi and wanted to hear his opinion. Zhang Yi said: "General Sima said that the strategy of crusading against Bashu was also deeply agreed. On the one hand, the Qin State should expand its national strength internally, but on the other hand, it cannot ignore the alliance of the eastern princes to resist Qin. ”

"For the sake of today's plan, since General Wei Wei leveled the canal, there has been no major trouble in the west, and if it expands to the south at this time, it is not impossible. However, blindly focusing on internal affairs and ignoring foreign affairs will make the external environment more and more unfavorable to Qin. ”

"The minister always believed that to deal with the joint vertical of the eastern princes, it was necessary to implement the strategy of connecting and horizontal, and as long as there was a joint vertical, even horizontal could not stop for a moment. Otherwise, the Qin State would fall into a situation of passive and passive beating. Even if we capture Bashu, it will still be more than worth the loss compared to the loss of the balance of power with the eastern princes. ”

Sima Cuo especially didn't like to listen to what Zhang Yi said about the continuous and horizontal resistance to the vertical and vertical, and he even felt that the so-called joint vertical and horizontal were just a set of tricks carefully planned by Zhang Yi and his senior brother Su Qin, putting the Qin State and the Six Eastern Kingdoms into a sleeve to play.

He refuted Zhang Yi face to face and said: "Our Qin State is located in the west, with the danger of Kunshan Mountain and Hangu Pass, and there is the obstruction of the river, even if the princes of the six countries are all added together, they can help the Qin State." Before Su Qin led the army to chase the Qin army twice, the battle of Anyi chased to the bank of the river, and the battle of Michi chased to the bottom of Hangu Pass. ”

"The so-called conspiracy is just a trick made by Su Qin to scare people, it seems to be very powerful, but in fact, there is no unity within the country at all, and it is difficult to make a difference."

Zhang Yi felt very unhappy when he heard Sima Cuo's inner arrogance of claiming to be a native of the Qin State, and he thought to himself: "For a short-sighted person like you, it is better not to save you, you deserve to be trapped in Mianchi City!" ”

But after all, he is still the prime minister of the Qin State, and he can't ignore the overall situation. Zhang Yi once again clarified the key to the vertical and horizontal, he said: "The battle of Anyi and the battle of Mianchi, our army successfully broke through, but it was also full of dangers, which I also experienced to General Sima, because you participated in both battles, and they were all people who retreated from the battlefield. ”

Zhang Yi deliberately pointed out that Sima Co was the party who was the loser, and secretly ridiculed his stupidity, after Sima Co heard it, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but he couldn't refute it, because Zhang Yi said not a word was right.

Zhang Yike didn't care what Sima was wrong about, he continued: "So summing up the reasons for the defeat of the Qin army in the two battles, you can't see that this is caused by the combined forces?" Previously, the Qin army could not be said to be invincible, but it did not encounter military setbacks in succession. Since Su and Qin's combined forces came together, Qin's pace of dominating the world has been obviously hindered. This is also true! ”

"The minister also knew very well that the Qin State was far more powerful than any single vassal state in the East, and even the Qi State, which was once dominant, could be compared to Qin. Of course, the minister also understood that the disadvantage of the alliance was that it was difficult to be single-minded, so when he arrived at the door of the Qin State twice, he stopped abruptly. ”

However, what the Qin State should be worried about was not that the alliance was large and powerful, but that under the alliance, there was nothing to do in the east, and the benefits of a peaceful environment were enjoyed, and a new power rose among the princes to compete with the Qin state. At that time, there were Qi and the newly rising powers on the road of Qin's annexation of the world, and I don't know how difficult it would be for Qin to dominate the world! ”

When Zhang Yi said this, it was difficult to suppress the anger in his heart, and said: "The Qin State has enough strength to contain the eastern princes, but it is not the blessing of the Qin State to sit back and watch them under the cover of the conspiracy, enrich the country and strengthen the army, without interference, and the power of the Qin State will grow safely. This is where the minister's worries lie! ”

"Even if the Qin State can't stop the rising power among the eastern princes in the end, it can at least curb the rise of the other party."

"We are like a hunter, with arrows in our hands, guiding our prey to make a big mistake and burrow into the hunter's hunting ground. The minister really didn't understand the policy implemented by the Qin State, and it didn't take much effort, most of them just took a lot of effort, why didn't they use it idle, and locked themselves up? ”

Zhang Yi was stimulated by Sima Cuo's words, and was full of anger to state to the King of Qin, Yingsi, who listened to it and felt that Zhang Yi's words were reasonable. Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi, one is a meritorious hero of the Qin State after the previous dynasties, and now he is a general, and the other is a world-famous talent, who is a prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people in the Qin State.

Both of these people's ideas sound pretty good, but which side should they lean on? It's hard to win. He turned his gaze back to his younger brother, Zhu Liji.

After returning from the Hangu Pass to rescue the Qin army, he saved the Qin army in times of danger many times, and his brother Yingsi also remembered his merits and rewarded him heavily. At this time, Ying Si followed Zhang Yi's advice and established himself as the king, raising his rank to the level of a king on an equal footing with Zhou Tianzi.

According to the past etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, as a king, he certainly has the supreme power to confer titles on the territory. Ying Si was happy, and simply named his younger brother Zhu Liji as Yan Jun, although there was no substantial territory, but he could be regarded as a small prince from the title.

Of course, he is disrespectful, he is a member of the royal family, and he has repeatedly made military exploits, and now that the royal brother has this intention, why can't he be happy? In this way, he also has the privilege of intervening in the affairs of the court in the name of justice. Therefore, Zhu Lijian has another honorific title in the Qin State - "Yan Junji"

This time, he was urgently found by Brother Wang, and he knew that what he was discussing was not trivial. He saw that Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi had a serious dispute in the court, so he first listened calmly to the side for a while.

Brother Wang Yingsi asked about his opinion, and he compromised for a moment, and he replied: "Brother Chen thinks that the opinions of General Sima and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng are reasonable, and they can go hand in hand, but they are just prioritized for a period of time. ”

"At present, Qin has just concluded a friendly agreement with Chu State, and the land of Hanzhong has only been returned to Chu State not long ago, and the younger brother thinks that if he immediately sends troops into Bashu, I am afraid that Chu State, the suzerainty of Bashu, will not accept it and will immediately turn against us, which seems to be a bit rushed."

Zhang Yi heard the words of Zhu Liji, and felt that although he did not completely stand on his own position, it was slightly beneficial to himself. He hurriedly answered: "What the young man said is very reasonable, at present, Su Qin is entangled with the six eastern countries, and the plan is to meet with Huanshui on this year's Chongyang Day, which is a top priority. If the Qin State sits idly by, I am afraid that the eastern princes will think that we are cowardly and afraid, and we will be even more fearless in the future. ”

"The Qin State cannot show weakness at the critical moment, and the minister hopes that the king will pay attention to this matter and intervene in the alliance of the six eastern countries. Even if we can't directly send troops to attack, we can secretly unite with the East to oppose the alliance's forces, so that the joint vertical conference will be ruined and become a big joke. Wouldn't that greatly benefit our Qin State? ”

Sima Cuo snorted coldly and interjected: "Why can't we directly attack the princes of the East, I think that as long as the king is determined, the soldiers of the Qin army are willing to compete with those straw bag soldiers in the east again." ”

Zhang Yi glanced at Sima Cuo dissatisfiedly, feeling that he had a bit of a taste of deliberately finding fault, and thought: "Where did I offend you, Sima was wrong, why do you do it against me everywhere?" He remembered that when he was in Michi City, he had inadvertently reprimanded Sima Cuo, "Could it be that he has a grudge against me because of such a trivial matter?" ”

In fact, Zhang Yi really didn't guess Sima Cuo's thoughts, Sima Cuo's twisting was due to his extreme disgust for Gongsun Yan, and Gongsun Yan was precisely the representative of the Oriental Warlock in his eyes. Sima Cuo still had the mentality of making up for his mistakes, hoping to compensate Qin for the lost land, so he tried his best to persuade Ying Si to expand his territory to the south and march into the Bashu region, on the one hand, to stabilize the rear of Qin, and on the other hand, to occupy the land of Bashu, expand the strength of Qin, and lay the foundation for further conquest of the eastern princes in the future.

In a month, Sima Cuo made three twists and turns, all of which suggested that he should march south, cross the rugged and difficult Shu Road, and raid the weakly defended Bashu region. Previously, although this region was relatively independent, it was afraid of the military power of the Chu State, so it paid tribute to the Chu State.

The so-called lost east corner and harvested mulberry elm, Chu State regained the land of Hanzhong, then they must also pay the price, that is, Qin State annexed Bashu in one fell swoop and copied the back road of the Chu people. In the future, if the Qin army follows the river, crosses Baling, and goes down the river, then the Jingdi and Yingdu of the Chu State are not all in the bag of the Qin people?

Sima Cuo was very uninterested in the strategy advocated by Prime Minister Zhang Yi, thinking that this was just a small skill of carving insects and a fur tactic, which could not play a fundamental role. Although he himself actually benefited from Lian Heng, if it wasn't for Zhang Yi's diplomatic success, where would he have been able to escape the siege of the iron bucket of the Hezong army?

However, Sima mistakenly thought that his defeat in Michi was incomprehensible, all because of the framing of Gongsun Yan, the general of Wei, if he hadn't given up Baishi City, how could he be trapped in the lonely city? Sima Cuo was greatly unconvinced. Because he hated people like Gongsun Yan, he also believed that the Qin State would eventually dominate the world, and it would still depend on its own people, steady and steady, and advance step by step.

Sima Cuo's writing was very frequent, and King Yingsi of Qin was a little anxious, so he found the general Sima Cuo, his younger brother Yan Junzhu, and Prime Minister Zhang Yi to discuss the next national policy of Qin.

Of course, Sima Cuo made a generous statement, listing the benefits of Qin's march into Bashu, and made it clear that he was willing to personally lead the troops to go, and if he did not conquer Bashu, he would offer it with his head.

Ying Si looked at Zhang Yi and wanted to hear his opinion. Zhang Yi said: "General Sima said that the strategy of crusading against Bashu was also deeply agreed. On the one hand, the Qin State should expand its national strength internally, but on the other hand, it cannot ignore the alliance of the eastern princes to resist Qin. ”

"For the sake of today's plan, since General Wei Wei leveled the canal, there has been no major trouble in the west, and if it expands to the south at this time, it is not impossible. However, blindly focusing on internal affairs and ignoring foreign affairs will make the external environment more and more unfavorable to Qin. ”

"The minister always believed that to deal with the joint vertical of the eastern princes, it was necessary to implement the strategy of connecting and horizontal, and as long as there was a joint vertical, even horizontal could not stop for a moment. Otherwise, the Qin State would fall into a situation of passive and passive beating. Even if we capture Bashu, it will still be more than worth the loss compared to the loss of the balance of power with the eastern princes. ”

Sima Cuo especially didn't like to listen to what Zhang Yi said about the continuous and horizontal resistance to the vertical and vertical, and he even felt that the so-called joint vertical and horizontal were just a set of tricks carefully planned by Zhang Yi and his senior brother Su Qin, putting the Qin State and the Six Eastern Kingdoms into a sleeve to play.

He refuted Zhang Yi face to face and said: "Our Qin State is located in the west, with the danger of Kunshan Mountain and Hangu Pass, and there is the obstruction of the river, even if the princes of the six countries are all added together, they can help the Qin State." Before Su Qin led the army to chase the Qin army twice, the battle of Anyi chased to the bank of the river, and the battle of Michi chased to the bottom of Hangu Pass. ”

"The so-called conspiracy is just a trick made by Su Qin to scare people, it seems to be very powerful, but in fact, there is no unity within the country at all, and it is difficult to make a difference."

Zhang Yi felt very unhappy when he heard Sima Cuo's inner arrogance of claiming to be a native of the Qin State, and he thought to himself: "For a short-sighted person like you, it is better not to save you, you deserve to be trapped in Mianchi City!" ”

But after all, he is still the prime minister of the Qin State, and he can't ignore the overall situation. Zhang Yi once again clarified the key to the vertical and horizontal, he said: "The battle of Anyi and the battle of Mianchi, our army successfully broke through, but it was also full of dangers, which I also experienced to General Sima, because you participated in both battles, and they were all people who retreated from the battlefield. ”

Zhang Yi deliberately pointed out that Sima Co was the party who was the loser, and secretly ridiculed his stupidity, after Sima Co heard it, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but he couldn't refute it, because Zhang Yi said not a word was right.

Zhang Yike didn't care what Sima was wrong about, he continued: "So summing up the reasons for the defeat of the Qin army in the two battles, you can't see that this is caused by the combined forces?" Previously, the Qin army could not be said to be invincible, but it did not encounter military setbacks in succession. Since Su and Qin's combined forces came together, Qin's pace of dominating the world has been obviously hindered. This is also true! ”

"The minister also knew very well that the Qin State was far more powerful than any single vassal state in the East, and even the Qi State, which was once dominant, could be compared to Qin. Of course, the minister also understood that the disadvantage of the alliance was that it was difficult to be single-minded, so when he arrived at the door of the Qin State twice, he stopped abruptly. ”

However, what the Qin State should be worried about was not that the alliance was large and powerful, but that under the alliance, there was nothing to do in the east, and the benefits of a peaceful environment were enjoyed, and a new power rose among the princes to compete with the Qin state. At that time, there were Qi and the newly rising powers on the road of Qin's annexation of the world, and I don't know how difficult it would be for Qin to dominate the world! ”

When Zhang Yi said this, it was difficult to suppress the anger in his heart, and said: "The Qin State has enough strength to contain the eastern princes, but it is not the blessing of the Qin State to sit back and watch them under the cover of the conspiracy, enrich the country and strengthen the army, without interference, and the power of the Qin State will grow safely. This is where the minister's worries lie! ”

"Even if the Qin State can't stop the rising power among the eastern princes in the end, it can at least curb the rise of the other party."

"We are like a hunter, with arrows in our hands, guiding our prey to make a big mistake and burrow into the hunter's hunting ground. The minister really didn't understand the policy implemented by the Qin State, and it didn't take much effort, most of them just took a lot of effort, why didn't they use it idle, and locked themselves up? ”

Zhang Yi was stimulated by Sima Cuo's words, and was full of anger to state to the King of Qin, Yingsi, who listened to it and felt that Zhang Yi's words were reasonable. Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi, one is a meritorious hero of the Qin State after the previous dynasties, and now he is a general, and the other is a world-famous talent, who is a prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people in the Qin State.

Both of these people's ideas sound pretty good, but which side should they lean on? It's hard to win. He turned his gaze back to his younger brother, Zhu Liji.

After returning from the Hangu Pass to rescue the Qin army, he saved the Qin army in times of danger many times, and his brother Yingsi also remembered his merits and rewarded him heavily. At this time, Ying Si followed Zhang Yi's advice and established himself as the king, raising his rank to the level of a king on an equal footing with Zhou Tianzi.

According to the past etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, as a king, he certainly has the supreme power to confer titles on the territory. Ying Si was happy, and simply named his younger brother Zhu Liji as Yan Jun, although there was no substantial territory, but he could be regarded as a small prince from the title.

Of course, he is disrespectful, he is a member of the royal family, and he has repeatedly made military exploits, and now that the royal brother has this intention, why can't he be happy? In this way, he also has the privilege of intervening in the affairs of the court in the name of justice. Therefore, Zhu Lijian has another honorific title in the Qin State - "Yan Junji"

This time, he was urgently found by Brother Wang, and he knew that what he was discussing was not trivial. He saw that Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi had a serious dispute in the court, so he first listened calmly to the side for a while.

Brother Wang Yingsi asked about his opinion, and he compromised for a moment, and he replied: "Brother Chen thinks that the opinions of General Sima and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng are reasonable, and they can go hand in hand, but they are just prioritized for a period of time. ”

"At present, Qin has just concluded a friendly agreement with Chu State, and the land of Hanzhong has only been returned to Chu State not long ago, and the younger brother thinks that if he immediately sends troops into Bashu, I am afraid that Chu State, the suzerainty of Bashu, will not accept it and will immediately turn against us, which seems to be a bit rushed."

Zhang Yi heard the words of Zhu Liji, and felt that although he did not completely stand on his own position, it was slightly beneficial to himself. He hurriedly answered: "What the young man said is very reasonable, at present, Su Qin is entangled with the six eastern countries, and the plan is to meet with Huanshui on this year's Chongyang Day, which is a top priority. If the Qin State sits idly by, I am afraid that the eastern princes will think that we are cowardly and afraid, and we will be even more fearless in the future. ”

"The Qin State cannot show weakness at the critical moment, and the minister hopes that the king will pay attention to this matter and intervene in the alliance of the six eastern countries. Even if we can't directly send troops to attack, we can secretly unite with the East to oppose the alliance's forces, so that the joint vertical conference will be ruined and become a big joke. Wouldn't that greatly benefit our Qin State? ”

Sima Cuo snorted coldly and interjected: "Why can't we directly attack the princes of the East, I think that as long as the king is determined, the soldiers of the Qin army are willing to compete with those straw bag soldiers in the east again." ”

Zhang Yi glanced at Sima Cuo dissatisfiedly, feeling that he had a bit of a taste of deliberately finding fault, and thought: "Where did I offend you, Sima was wrong, why do you do it against me everywhere?" He remembered that when he was in Michi City, he had inadvertently reprimanded Sima Cuo, "Could it be that he has a grudge against me because of such a trivial matter?" ”

In fact, Zhang Yi really didn't guess Sima Cuo's thoughts, Sima Cuo's twisting was due to his extreme disgust for Gongsun Yan, and Gongsun Yan was precisely the representative of the Oriental Warlock in his eyes. Sima Cuo still had the mentality of making up for his mistakes, hoping to compensate Qin for the lost land, so he tried his best to persuade Ying Si to expand his territory to the south and march into the Bashu region, on the one hand, to stabilize the rear of Qin, and on the other hand, to occupy the land of Bashu, expand the strength of Qin, and lay the foundation for further conquest of the eastern princes in the future.

In a month, Sima Cuo made three twists and turns, all of which suggested that he should march south, cross the rugged and difficult Shu Road, and raid the weakly defended Bashu region. Previously, although this region was relatively independent, it was afraid of the military power of the Chu State, so it paid tribute to the Chu State.

The so-called lost east corner and harvested mulberry elm, Chu State regained the land of Hanzhong, then they must also pay the price, that is, Qin State annexed Bashu in one fell swoop and copied the back road of the Chu people. In the future, if the Qin army follows the river, crosses Baling, and goes down the river, then the Jingdi and Yingdu of the Chu State are not all in the bag of the Qin people?

Sima Cuo was very uninterested in the strategy advocated by Prime Minister Zhang Yi, thinking that this was just a small skill of carving insects and a fur tactic, which could not play a fundamental role. Although he himself actually benefited from Lian Heng, if it wasn't for Zhang Yi's diplomatic success, where would he have been able to escape the siege of the iron bucket of the Hezong army?

However, Sima mistakenly thought that his defeat in Michi was incomprehensible, all because of the framing of Gongsun Yan, the general of Wei, if he hadn't given up Baishi City, how could he be trapped in the lonely city? Sima Cuo was greatly unconvinced. Because he hated people like Gongsun Yan, he also believed that the Qin State would eventually dominate the world, and it would still depend on its own people, steady and steady, and advance step by step.

Sima Cuo's writing was very frequent, and King Yingsi of Qin was a little anxious, so he found the general Sima Cuo, his younger brother Yan Junzhu, and Prime Minister Zhang Yi to discuss the next national policy of Qin.

Of course, Sima Cuo made a generous statement, listing the benefits of Qin's march into Bashu, and made it clear that he was willing to personally lead the troops to go, and if he did not conquer Bashu, he would offer it with his head.

Ying Si looked at Zhang Yi and wanted to hear his opinion. Zhang Yi said: "General Sima said that the strategy of crusading against Bashu was also deeply agreed. On the one hand, the Qin State should expand its national strength internally, but on the other hand, it cannot ignore the alliance of the eastern princes to resist Qin. ”

"For the sake of today's plan, since General Wei Wei leveled the canal, there has been no major trouble in the west, and if it expands to the south at this time, it is not impossible. However, blindly focusing on internal affairs and ignoring foreign affairs will make the external environment more and more unfavorable to Qin. ”

"The minister always believed that to deal with the joint vertical of the eastern princes, it was necessary to implement the strategy of connecting and horizontal, and as long as there was a joint vertical, even horizontal could not stop for a moment. Otherwise, the Qin State would fall into a situation of passive and passive beating. Even if we capture Bashu, it will still be more than worth the loss compared to the loss of the balance of power with the eastern princes. ”

Sima Cuo especially didn't like to listen to what Zhang Yi said about the continuous and horizontal resistance to the vertical and vertical, and he even felt that the so-called joint vertical and horizontal were just a set of tricks carefully planned by Zhang Yi and his senior brother Su Qin, putting the Qin State and the Six Eastern Kingdoms into a sleeve to play.

He refuted Zhang Yi face to face and said: "Our Qin State is located in the west, with the danger of Kunshan Mountain and Hangu Pass, and there is the obstruction of the river, even if the princes of the six countries are all added together, they can help the Qin State." Before Su Qin led the army to chase the Qin army twice, the battle of Anyi chased to the bank of the river, and the battle of Michi chased to the bottom of Hangu Pass. ”

"The so-called conspiracy is just a trick made by Su Qin to scare people, it seems to be very powerful, but in fact, there is no unity within the country at all, and it is difficult to make a difference."

Zhang Yi felt very unhappy when he heard Sima Cuo's inner arrogance of claiming to be a native of the Qin State, and he thought to himself: "For a short-sighted person like you, it is better not to save you, you deserve to be trapped in Mianchi City!" ”

But after all, he is still the prime minister of the Qin State, and he can't ignore the overall situation. Zhang Yi once again clarified the key to the vertical and horizontal, he said: "The battle of Anyi and the battle of Mianchi, our army successfully broke through, but it was also full of dangers, which I also experienced to General Sima, because you participated in both battles, and they were all people who retreated from the battlefield. ”

Zhang Yi deliberately pointed out that Sima Co was the party who was the loser, and secretly ridiculed his stupidity, after Sima Co heard it, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but he couldn't refute it, because Zhang Yi said not a word was right.

Zhang Yike didn't care what Sima was wrong about, he continued: "So summing up the reasons for the defeat of the Qin army in the two battles, you can't see that this is caused by the combined forces?" Previously, the Qin army could not be said to be invincible, but it did not encounter military setbacks in succession. Since Su and Qin's combined forces came together, Qin's pace of dominating the world has been obviously hindered. This is also true! ”

"The minister also knew very well that the Qin State was far more powerful than any single vassal state in the East, and even the Qi State, which was once dominant, could be compared to Qin. Of course, the minister also understood that the disadvantage of the alliance was that it was difficult to be single-minded, so when he arrived at the door of the Qin State twice, he stopped abruptly. ”

However, what the Qin State should be worried about was not that the alliance was large and powerful, but that under the alliance, there was nothing to do in the east, and the benefits of a peaceful environment were enjoyed, and a new power rose among the princes to compete with the Qin state. At that time, there were Qi and the newly rising powers on the road of Qin's annexation of the world, and I don't know how difficult it would be for Qin to dominate the world! ”

When Zhang Yi said this, it was difficult to suppress the anger in his heart, and said: "The Qin State has enough strength to contain the eastern princes, but it is not the blessing of the Qin State to sit back and watch them under the cover of the conspiracy, enrich the country and strengthen the army, without interference, and the power of the Qin State will grow safely. This is where the minister's worries lie! ”

"Even if the Qin State can't stop the rising power among the eastern princes in the end, it can at least curb the rise of the other party."

"We are like a hunter, with arrows in our hands, guiding our prey to make a big mistake and burrow into the hunter's hunting ground. The minister really didn't understand the policy implemented by the Qin State, and it didn't take much effort, most of them just took a lot of effort, why didn't they use it idle, and locked themselves up? ”

Zhang Yi was stimulated by Sima Cuo's words, and was full of anger to state to the King of Qin, Yingsi, who listened to it and felt that Zhang Yi's words were reasonable. Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi, one is a meritorious hero of the Qin State after the previous dynasties, and now he is a general, and the other is a world-famous talent, who is a prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people in the Qin State.

Both of these people's ideas sound pretty good, but which side should they lean on? It's hard to win. He turned his gaze back to his younger brother, Zhu Liji.

After returning from the Hangu Pass to rescue the Qin army, he saved the Qin army in times of danger many times, and his brother Yingsi also remembered his merits and rewarded him heavily. At this time, Ying Si followed Zhang Yi's advice and established himself as the king, raising his rank to the level of a king on an equal footing with Zhou Tianzi.

According to the past etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty, as a king, he certainly has the supreme power to confer titles on the territory. Ying Si was happy, and simply named his younger brother Zhu Liji as Yan Jun, although there was no substantial territory, but he could be regarded as a small prince from the title.

Of course, he is disrespectful, he is a member of the royal family, and he has repeatedly made military exploits, and now that the royal brother has this intention, why can't he be happy? In this way, he also has the privilege of intervening in the affairs of the court in the name of justice. Therefore, Zhu Lijian has another honorific title in the Qin State - "Yan Junji"

This time, he was urgently found by Brother Wang, and he knew that what he was discussing was not trivial. He saw that Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi had a serious dispute in the court, so he first listened calmly to the side for a while.

Brother Wang Yingsi asked about his opinion, and he compromised for a moment, and he replied: "Brother Chen thinks that the opinions of General Sima and Prime Minister Zhang Cheng are reasonable, and they can go hand in hand, but they are just prioritized for a period of time. ”

"At present, Qin has just concluded a friendly agreement with Chu State, and the land of Hanzhong has only been returned to Chu State not long ago, and the younger brother thinks that if he immediately sends troops into Bashu, I am afraid that Chu State, the suzerainty of Bashu, will not accept it and will immediately turn against us, which seems to be a bit rushed."

Zhang Yi heard the words of Zhu Liji, and felt that although he did not completely stand on his own position, it was slightly beneficial to himself. He hurriedly answered: "What the young man said is very reasonable, at present, Su Qin is entangled with the six eastern countries, and the plan is to meet with Huanshui on this year's Chongyang Day, which is a top priority. If the Qin State sits idly by, I am afraid that the eastern princes will think that we are cowardly and afraid, and we will be even more fearless in the future. ”

"The Qin State cannot show weakness at the critical moment, and the minister hopes that the king will pay attention to this matter and intervene in the alliance of the six eastern countries. Even if we can't directly send troops to attack, we can secretly unite with the East to oppose the alliance's forces, so that the joint vertical conference will be ruined and become a big joke. Wouldn't that greatly benefit our Qin State? ”

Sima Cuo snorted coldly and interjected: "Why can't we directly attack the princes of the East, I think that as long as the king is determined, the soldiers of the Qin army are willing to compete with those straw bag soldiers in the east again." ”

Zhang Yi glanced at Sima Cuo dissatisfiedly, feeling that he had a bit of a taste of deliberately finding fault, and thought: "Where did I offend you, Sima was wrong, why do you do it against me everywhere?" He remembered that when he was in Michi City, he had inadvertently reprimanded Sima Cuo, "Could it be that he has a grudge against me because of such a trivial matter?" ”

In fact, Zhang Yi really didn't guess Sima Cuo's thoughts, Sima Cuo's twisting was due to his extreme disgust for Gongsun Yan, and Gongsun Yan was precisely the representative of the Oriental Warlock in his eyes. ”